The average nightly rate for short-term rental accommodation in Greece in July and August stands at 232 euros per night, based on confirmed bookings so far.
REIMAGINE TOURISM IN GREECE
The prospects for Greek tourism remain positive for the coming months, as the data from the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) show for the week up to and including September 10.
Tourism in 2023 will fully return to the levels of 2019 or even surpass them, if marginally, estimates the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Paraschis.
The Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET) is calling for a halt to the creation of new hotels in the Makrigianni-Koukaki area of central Athens near the Acropolis.
Europeans are increasingly choosing to travel to destinations or periods of the year with less crowds, as they seek better services, new experiences and lower prices.
Dozens of beach bars continue to do brisk business this summer despite blatantly trespassing on public, environmentally sensitive and/or archaeologically protected land on the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, as demolition orders for unlicensed structures sit in drawers at various services.
Despite a slight lag in hotel occupancies in Athens and Attica compared to 2019, the nightly rate has increased by more than 20%.
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, has intervened against the way large tourism investments on small islands are approved.
Greek tourism destinations are moving at different speeds, with some areas even showing a decrease in arrivals from last year.
Greek citizens are becoming skeptical in relation to its effects on their daily lives, on the environment and on the character of individual destinations.
There has been an unprecedented explosion in construction on the Cyclades in the Aegean over the last five years, according to data from the National Statistical Service on new constructions from 2018 to 2022 on the region’s 23 inhabited islands.
Greece needs to immediately upgrade its infrastructure, as well as the proper management of individual destinations of Greece, the new president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Giannis Paraschis, said during the presentation of Kathimerini’s Reimagine Tourism in Greece initiative on Wednesday.
Greek tourism is heading for a new record for travel receipts this year despite the decline in the growth rate of bookings from Germany for holidays in Greece in the third quarter.
Aegean Airlines, Greece’s biggest carrier, boasts the biggest flight program in its history this summer, with the number of seats reaching 18 million thanks to soaring demand from the growth of tourism.
With tourism arrivals expected to set a new record this summer, foreign airlines are strengthening their presence in the Greek market.
Based on confirmed bookings for the whole of 2023 (data up to April 30), Greece remains the No 1 yacht charter destination worldwide, with a market share of 27% of all weekly bookings of yachts over 20 meters long, according to the International Yacht Company (IYC).
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